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Posted on March 31, 2015Last week we held the third of the CISA facilitated study sessions at the ITSec offices. The number of attendees is still growing and we have an increasingly diverse group of attendees which is greatly beneficial to all participating. The last two sessions were broadcast on Google Hangouts on Air. Our listener count was up to two 
The benefit of doing the broadcast is that it is recorded and now available for anybody to watch / listen to. Check it out (links in post below) and let us know if it is useful.
This evening’s session beings in about two hours. Please feel free to join us.
Attached below are the slides from the session of 24/3/2014 as well as tonight’s session (they are also in the recorded hangout).
ITSec CISA Prep June 2015 session 3 24th March 2015 Chapter 1 pt 2
ITSec CISA Prep June 2015 session 4 31st March 2015 Chapter 2 pt 1
Facilitated CISA Study Session 31/3/2015 : Chapter 2 Part 1 to be broadcast via Google Hangouts
Posted on March 31, 2015The sessions from the last two weeks have been reasonably successfully broadcast and recorded on Google Hangouts On Air so we will try and do the same for this afternoon’s session. If there is something we can improve ahead of the next session please let us know.
Link to the Google Hangout event
Link to Youtube live broadcast
Hangouts are limited to a maximum of 10 people participating via video / audio and many more who can watch the video feed and participate in the chat. First come first serve.
Facilitated CISA Study Session 24/3/2015 : Chapter 1 Part 2 to be broadcast via Google Hangouts
Posted on March 19, 2015Last week’s session seemed to work reasonably well on Google Hangouts On Air so we will try and do the same for the next session. If you have missed it the recording is available. If there is something we can improve ahead of the next session please let us know.
Link to the Google Hangout event
Link to Youtube live broadcast
Hangouts are limited to a maximum of 10 people participating via video / audio and many more who can watch the video feed and participate in the chat. First come first serve.
Slides for Facilitated CISA Study Session 17/3/2015 : Chapter 1 Part 1
Posted on March 18, 2015Last night we held the second of the CISA facilitated study sessions at the ITSec offices. The number of attendees is growing and we have an increasingly diverse group of attendees which is greatly beneficial to all participating. We also broadcast the session on Google Hangouts on Air. We had a total of zero 
live listeners to the event. The benefit of doing the broadcast is that it is recorded and now available for anybody to watch / listen to. Check it out (links in post below) and let us know if it is useful. I encourage anybody who would like to join the live session next week to listen to this week’s session and just leave a comment here or pop me a mail / message on twitter to let me know you will be joining.
Attached below are the slides from last night for your reference (they are also in the recorded hangout).
ITSec CISA Prep June 2015 session 17th March 2015 Chapte 01 part 1
Facilitated CISA Study Session 17/3/2015 : Chapter 1 Part 1 to be broadcast via Google Hangouts
Posted on March 16, 2015ITSec is hosting CISA Exam Preparation facilitated study sessions at our offices in West Riding, Durban. Last week we had the kickoff session where we just did some introductions, discussed expectations of the participants for the exam and for the study sessions, spoke a bit about the structure of the exam and the five practice domains, spoke through Geroge Pajari’s Ten Steps to acing the exam, agreed and approach to the studies and set some objectives and pre-work for the next study session (to be held on Tuesday 17th March 2015).
If you are based in KZN you are welcome to join us for these sessions. Take a look on the ITSec website for directions to our offices (a map is included in the presentation pack).
On Tuesday 17th March at 4:45pm South Africa time (GMT+2) we will be covering Chapter 1 of the study guide. Participants were asked to do the self assessment on the ISACA website, read Chapter 1, note down area of concern, do some of the sample questions and come with a list of questions that went wrong.
For those not close enough to join us for the sessions, download the slides, read through and see if you can find some useful tips in there. You can also use the study schedule, customise it for your use, and then have a structured plan for your exam prep. Having a structure to assist in your study discipline is always a good idea.
We are going to try and set up a Google hangout for the session Tuesday afternoon. I am not sure how that will work out, we don’t have professional equipment to broadcoast the session, so it will be done off a reasonable webcam. Feel free to join us.
Download a copy of the introductory presentation from last week.
ITSec CISA Prep June 2015 session 1 10th March 2015 with slides for Prep 17th March
Timeline of my tweets for #share4biz Share 2014 conference (updated with images)
Posted on June 21, 2014During this last week (Wednesday and Thursday) I had the pleasure of attending my first Share conference covering Microsoft’s Sharepoint platform (#share4biz). As always I like to cover the events I attend on Twitter – it helps me focus on the presentations and overcome those ADHD tendencies.
As with the #ITWebSec Security Summit I tried to capture my timeline of tweets from the event to package, archive and share what happened at the event. After that event I tried to journalise my tweets and explored a number of options. Twournal looked the most promising but never produced a valid PDF that could be opened. Tweetbook.in produced a plain PDF of the text of the tweets but with no images which is unfortunate as the content of a large number of the presentation slides was captured in the images.
For now, here is my #share4biz conference timeline courtesy of Tweetbook. If I can find a better way I will add that in. Suggestions welcomed if you know of one.
Download it here : @jjza #share4biz
Update :
I am delighted to say that Twournal sent through a notification to say the e-book is ready and this time it produce a valid PDF file which is available below, with all of the pictures embedded. 110 pages of full colour tweets with supporting graphics, bringing to life the coverage of the event. Wonderful.
Download it here : @jjza coverage of Share4Biz with images (Twournal)
Some photos from the event (all embedded in the PDF twournal above)
ISACA SA Annual Conference 2014 : 25/26 August 2014
Posted on June 03, 2014Just some advanced notice that the ISACA South African Chapter Annual conference for 2014 has been announced.
The conference is taking place from 25 August 2014 To 26 August 2014 at Emperors Palace. Visit the conference page for details and online bookings or contact: Nadine Schreiber – admin@isaca.org.za
ISACA is also still looking for speakers so if you have something interesting to share please contact Nadine.
The Heartbleed bug : a short presentation given at the Kzn ISACA Chapter Meeting
Posted on June 03, 2014I was honoured to be asked to make a (short) presentation at the May 2014 KZN ISACA Chapter meeting. The meeting went down well with probably around 25 people attending.
Attached is the PDF of the presentation.
I hope that some of the members present found it useful and that you, my readers, do too.
Feedback as always most welcome.
The Heartbleed Bug ISACA presentation v3
Cyber Defence and Network Security Africa : Cloud-based Scanning
Posted on July 16, 2012I am speaking tomorrow (17 July 2012) at the Cyber-Defence and Network Security Africa conference (www.cyberdefenceafrica.com) at the Crowne Plaza in Rosebank.
Time : 12:15 Cloud-based scanning: A case study from Transnet
- The need for a supplemental, cloud-based scanning solutions
- Cloud based scanning: how it works, the benefits, and limitations
- Implementation challenges and lessons learnt at Transnet
Download a copy of the presentation here : Cloud scanning
Then later in the day I will be participating in a panel discussion with the esteemed Barry Irwin and Kabuthia Riunge. Details of this listed below, should be an interesting 45m.
16:00 Panel discussion: Cyber threats over the horizon and the future of information security
- The current threats, and how these are likely to evolve over the medium term
- State and non-state actors and the threats each poses
- Preparing for cyberwar—what can (and what should) the private sector do
- The future of cybercrime
Panellists:
- Barry Irwin, Senior Lecturer, Rhodes University
- Justin Williams, Principal Specialist: Information Security, Transnet
- Kabuthia Riunge, Senior Information Security Officer, Central Bank of Kenya
ISACA 2012 conference happening from 10-12 September 2012, registrations open soon
Posted on June 17, 2012
The ISACA South Africa 2012 conference is happening from the 10-12 September. Diarise the dates, get those purchase requisitions in. If you are wanting to present at the conference then mail Nadine (admin@isaca.org.za) – the speaker lineup is being finalised shortly so hurry up to make sure you don’t miss out.
The conference is being held at the Wanderer’s Club in Illovo. It’s right next door to the Protea hotel if you need accommodation, and is also served by the Gautrain and their buses, with a bus stopping right outside the hotel gates.
Hope to see you all there.
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